Monday is a break day at the World Ski Championships. The races continue on Tuesday, when the women’s 10 km freestyle skiing competition is on the program. See the program and broadcast information of the World Ski Championships at this link.
What are we talking about?
Finland’s medal column still shows a round zero after four days of competition. According to Urheilu’s experts, however, the Finnish team has not had a slow start, but the expectations have been too high since last winter.
The harsh truth is that the Finnish team has not had a completely undisputed medal favorite in any competition.
– At the Olympics, everything worked out and I went to the top. For the Finns, everything worked out perfectly and the worst competitors failed a little in many things. These results in Planica have been realistic, Kalle Lassila stated.
Finland won six skiing medals in Beijing.
– We have had three medal seams so far, but they have been thin. Then everything should go to the button and succeed. Now it hasn’t worked out for us, and others haven’t had a bad day, Ville Nousiainen continued.
According to Lassila and Nousiainen, the Finns have not fallen behind this season’s basic level, and the medal places in the women’s combined competition, for example, were not far away.
– Those who have won medals here have also won them from the World Cup, Lassila said.
Who surprised?
men of canada, Antoine Cyr and Graham Ritchie, succeeded perfectly in the skiing pair sprint on Sunday and were fourth in the final results. According to Ville Nousiainen, Canada’s good result was also influenced by the fact that the Swedish duo Calle Halfvarsson – Edvin Anger froze in the final fight.
– They were in that group where you don’t have to be the world’s best sprinter or the world’s best standard-distance skier, but rather good at both. From that group, the Canadians stood out the most, Nousiainen said.
Cyr has flashed before, especially on normal trips, but Ritchie, on the other hand, according to the experts, has not shone before.
– Of course, the difference to the top was big. Even the medal was six seconds away, Nousiainen reminded.
Who flopped?
The hill part of the combined mixed team competition became a farce when the new snow made the descent into glue paper. Sports expert Janne Ahonen it was a mistake to start rolling and tamping new snow onto the old surface. It should have been scraped off rather.
– That väumämäki track is a good ice rink. You jump on it with skis that have a large grinding pattern on the bottom, so that it slides hard on the ice. With such a base, when you come down to wet snow, new snow, it catches easily. The new snow should have been scraped off right away, Ahonen said.
Petter Kukkonen in my opinion, the hill had been put in good shape, time ran out and after that one thing led to another. He thought it was a confusing mistake on the part of the organizers.
– However, Planica has become accustomed to organizing competitions over the years. Fortunately, the matter was fixed quickly, Kukkonen said.
What next?
Although Finland’s medal account has yet to be opened, there are still medal seams for the second week. According to Kalle Lassila and Ville Nousiainen, the best chances for medals are in the 50 and 30 km traditional skiing combined start races, but also in the women’s and men’s relays.
– There are thin seams in the messages and in the weekend games there is a bigger seam for the medals, Nousiainen said.
The biggest medal pressure is in the weekend competitions Your neck siblings, I will and I gather on the shoulders. Krista Pärmäkoski the experts do not believe in the chances of a medal.
– At the moment, it seems that Krista is not only fit enough to take a medal. However, he will be in good positions.
According to Petter Kukkonen, combined has medal seams in the big hill race, if From Ilkka Herola and Eero from Hirvos find the courage to leave the events of the opening week behind and attack the upcoming race without prejudice.
– Even in previous years, during the games, it was possible to change things in a big way. It’s just about the athletes getting their state of mind and psyche right, Kukkonen said.
Program for the final week of the World Ski Championships:
Tuesday 28 February 2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 13:15 on TV2 and Areena.
Puhe’s broadcast starts at 1:25 p.m.
at 1:30 p.m. skiing, 10 km (v), women
at 19:30 ski jumping HS138, women, qualifying
at 20:35 The best of the day
Wednesday 1 March 2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 11:55 on TV2 and Areena.
The broadcast of Puhe starts at 11:55.
at 12:00 combined, hill section HS138, men, team competition
at 1:30 p.m. skiing, men’s 15 km (year)
at 16:10 combined, cross-country section 4×5 km, men, team competition
at 18:30 ski jumping HS138, women
at 20:30 The best of the day
Thursday 2 March 2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 13:15 on TV2 and Areena.
The broadcast of Puhe starts at 1:20 p.m.
at 1:30 p.m. skiing, 4×5 km relay, women
at 18:30 ski jumping HS138, men, qualifying
at 21:00 The best of the day
Friday 3/3/2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 13:15 on TV2 and Areena.
The broadcast of Puhe starts at 1:20 p.m.
at 1:30 p.m. skiing, 4×10 km relay, men
at 18:30 ski jumping HS138, men
Saturday 4 March 2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 11:15 on TV2 and Areena.
The broadcast of Puhe starts at 11:25.
at 11:30 combined, hill section HS138, men
at 13:00 skiing, 30 km (p), joint start, women
at 16:00 combined, ski section 10 km, men
at 17:30 ski jumping HS138, men, team competition
Sunday 5 March 2023
The broadcast of the sports studio starts at 12:45 on TV2 and Areena.
Puhe’s broadcast starts at 12:50 p.m.
at 13:00 skiing, 50 km (p), joint start, men